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The surname Vizcarra

A Spanish surname, carried by 4,946 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V260

Vizcarra: #6,819 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vizcarra #6,819, 4,946 people Vizcarra: #6,819 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vizcarra #6,819, 4,946 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vizcarra is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Vizcarra, from Basque Bizkarra.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,946 people named Vizcarra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,423 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,570.

#6,819
rank among US surnames
4,946
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+38.5%
change since 2000 (was #8,502)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,814Breckenridge4,94962,385
#6,817Abrahamson4,94862,398
#6,818Steffens4,94762,411
#6,819Vizcarra4,94662,423
#6,821Hayman4,94562,436

Who is named Vizcarra

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Vizcarra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.8%
  • White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
  • Two or more races 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vizcarra

Vizcarra has the Soundex code V260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V260.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vizcarra come from?
From Spanish Vizcarra, from Basque Bizkarra.
How common is the surname Vizcarra?
4,946 people in the United States had the surname Vizcarra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,423 Americans. It ranked 6,819th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vizcarra?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Vizcarra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Vizcarra getting more or less common?
More common. 3,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,946 in 2010, up 39%.